All generic TLD extensions and certain country-code ones support a security lock functionality whose purpose is to block unsanctioned transfers of active domain names. Many registry organizations that manage country-code TLDs that don’t support this option are in the process of introducing it for better safety and for the convenience of the domain name owners. A domain can be transferred only if it is unlocked and only a person who has been given access to the account with the current registrar company can accomplish that. New domain names are registered with the lock feature enabled deliberately, so as to stop any unsolicited transfer attempts. The lock option is one of the safety measures for regulating the transfer of existing domain names between domain registrars that have been adopted over the years.
Registrar Lock in Hosting
If you buy a hosting from our company, you will be able to administer all domains registered through us using our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with only a couple of mouse clicks. All registrations will be displayed alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll notice a small padlock symbol. Clicking on it will show you the current security lock status. If the domain is locked and you would like to transfer it, you’ll just have to click once again and that’s it. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domains are managed in the exact same place as the hosting account itself, you will not need to sign in and out of different admin consoles.
Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you want to transfer a domain from our company to another registrar company and you’ve got a semi-dedicated server account, you will be able to get the domain name ready with only a few clicks. All your domain registrations will be shown in a separate section of the Hepsia Control Panel – the very same tool via which you’ll administer your hosting account. If a given gTLD or ccTLD supports the registrar lock feature, you’ll notice a padlock icon. You can find out whether the domain is locked or not by clicking on that icon once and you can update the status by clicking once again. This is all it takes and there will be nothing else that you or our company will need to do, so you can proceed with the domain transfer procedure right away. The update will take effect instantly, so you won’t have to wait for the status to change on WHOIS lookup sites.